SEATON-CAREW, a township in the parish of
STRANTON, north-eastern, division of STOCKTON ward
county palatine of DURHAM, 10 miles (N. E. by N.)
from Stockton upon Tees, containing 312 inhabitants.
Here was a chapel, dedicated to St. Thomas a Becket,
but it has been long since demolished, there being no
traces of it. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. The village is considerably resorted to during
the bathing-season, and contains respectable public,
as well as private, accommodation for the visitors. The
beach is smooth, and the sands firm and level to an extent
of several miles, so that the convenience for bathing
machines is exceedingly good. A priory of Gilbertine
canons, subordinate to that of Sempringham,
founded here by Alan de Wilton, was valued, at the
dissolution, at £11. 2. 8. per annum.